Teaching Discrimination through Star Wars and a Think-Pair-Share: Initial goals: Show students examples of discrimination that occur in the Star Wars series. Teach students to think about how similar discrimination cases might occur in our galaxy. Help students understand how market forces could impact discrimination. Advanced goals: Show through demand and supply analysis how, ifContinue reading “Discrimination”
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R2-D2 Faces Discrimination (Attack Of The Clones)
Anakin, Padme and R2-D2 are on a ship in the cafeteria area, when R2 goes to the foodservice area to get food for Padme. R2 is told by another Droid, who is serving the food, that there are “no Droids!” allowed to get food. This is an example of discrimination that some individuals have facedContinue reading “R2-D2 Faces Discrimination (Attack Of The Clones)”
Anakin Freed as Slave and Leaves to Train as a Jedi (The Phantom Menace)
Anakin Skywalker has been freed from slavery by Qui-Gon Jinn and he now wants to become a Jedi, as is believed to be his destiny. However, Anakin’s mother has not been freed, thus, the opportunity cost of Anakin going to be a Jedi is that he has to leave his mother forever. Opportunity Cost isContinue reading “Anakin Freed as Slave and Leaves to Train as a Jedi (The Phantom Menace)”
Jar Jar Saved by Qui-Gon and Becomes Slave (The Phantom Menace)
Jar Jar was saved by Qui-Gon Jinn, and now Jar Jar owes a life-debt to Qui-Gon, making him Qui-Gon’s slave. Slavery is when an individual is not able to quit their job and is treated as property, owned by another individual. Slavery has historically been a result of Discrimination of one kind or another. DiscriminationContinue reading “Jar Jar Saved by Qui-Gon and Becomes Slave (The Phantom Menace)”
Mando Pays Premium for a Human Driver (The Mandalorian- Episode 1)
Mando is unwilling to ride with a Droid driver. He ends up paying more to get poor service (vehicle in disrepair) from a non-Droid driver. It is cheaper for the firm to provide Droid drivers instead of human drivers, so Mando must pay more for the human driver. This is due to the increase inContinue reading “Mando Pays Premium for a Human Driver (The Mandalorian- Episode 1)”
Mando and the Mechanic Talk About the Ship (The Mandalorian- Episode 5)
Mando has insisted that the mechanic not use Droids on his ship. This has resulted in her spending more time than necessary doing the repair work (thus increasing the costs). This is an example of non-optimal input choices. This can happen in the production processes when by law (or, as in this case, customer restrictionsContinue reading “Mando and the Mechanic Talk About the Ship (The Mandalorian- Episode 5)”